Engineering at Reading Area Community College

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Reading Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,924 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

RACC Engineering Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Engineering

RACC Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at RACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Reading Area Community College.

RACC Engineering Associate’s Program

33% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering at RACC are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. RACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Reading Area Community College with a associate's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Reading Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Reading Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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